"Report No Events" box not checked when no positive non-duplicative CDI LabID events were entered.

How to resolve: If there were no non-duplicate positive CDI lab results, check the "Report No Events" box, select "Summary Data" >Find > Month > Year > Find > "Edit" and check the box under the C. difficile column.

If there were positive non-duplicative CDI LabID events collected from residents within your facility, a record must be entered for each resident with a non-duplicative positive CDI lab result that was collected within your facility.

Select "Events" then Add and complete all mandatory fields marked with an asterisk*.

Resident days are too low

How to resolve:

For each day of the month, record the number of residents in the facility. The aggregate count for the calendar month should be entered as the total resident days. The resident days should not be entered as an average.

Number of Admissions counted as new admissions only

How to resolve: For each day of the month, record the number of residents in the facility. The aggregate count for the calendar month should be entered as the total resident days. The resident days should not be entered as an average.

The CDC NHSN LTCF June 2017 newsletter is the inagural issue of the publication. Included in the newsletter you will find information on how to update NHSN access when there is a change in staff at your facility, how to add new NHSN users, troubleshooting, updates to NHSN enrollment, how to deactivate NHSN users, and more.Click here to view the newsletter.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network

The National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative has updated its "Change Package" to include a new change bundle about preventing C. difficile infections (CDIs) in nursing homes. It includes a small, straightforward set of evidence-based practices to prevent and manage CDIs. Click here for more information.

Nursing Home Training Sessions

These training sessions are meant to provide nursing home leaders with training materials that can be used to enhance understanding of important concepts and practices that promote stewardship and C. difficile prevention.Click here to access the training sessions.

This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for California under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. Publication No. FL-11SOW-C.2-07252017-01